St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-24
STRAY sUNBEAMs.

STRAY SUNBEAMS.
| RANDOLPH TUCKER had been suggested as
| a successor to the late Judge CARTER for the
Office of chief justice of the supreme court
of the District Of Columbia. The suggestion
was approved by everybody except by Mr..
TUCKER himself. There is to be senatorial
| election in Virginia in the near future and
Mr.. TUCKER may have an idea that he is the
proper man to fill RIDDLEBERGER's seat
And if Mr.. TUCKER thinks so he is not far
wrong about it. There are not many bigger
men in the country than RAN TUCKER.
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Judge CARRIERS death has been the means
of reSurrecting the notorious eX-CongreSS-
man LUKE P. POLAND. of Vermont, who
comes to the surface with a batch of remini-
sciences relating to the secret history of the
times of ANDY JOHNSON and the tenure of
office act in which Judge CARTER played q
conspicuous part.
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LUKE POLAND says that when he learned of
JoHNsoN's intention to forcibly install Gen.
LORENZO THOMAS rs STANTON's successor
he drew up complaint which was signed by
STANTON and on which judge CARTER issued
a warrant for the arrest OF THOMAS The lat
ter appeared by counsel and procured delay
of few days to obtain bail.
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In the interim the Democrats saw that it
would be good chance to test the consttu-
tionality of the tenure-of-office law. and
THOMAS accordingly resolved 10 refuse to
give bail and to resort to habeas corpus II
imprisoned. This alarmed the Republican
conspirators, for they wanted anything but
such a test.
According to PoLANp's statement Judge
CARTER entered into the Republican scheme.
and when THOMAS appeared dismissed him
without bail, saying he was personally ac-
auainted with the general and could trust
him to appear before him when wanted.
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POLAND treats the whole thing as huge
joke, without an apparent idea that he is
casting dark stain upon the judicial reputa-
ton of the dead judge. But it is fair illus
traton of the violent partisanship of those
days when politician and partisan judge
could enter into conspiracy to intirnldate
citizen, and to prevent the review Of a law.
the constitutionality of which they did not
dare to subject to a judicial test.
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The difficulty in securing a jury in the
MEADE murder trial demonstrates two things.
One is that pretty much everybody in this
community reads the newspapers. And The
other is that every body has con fidence i'll the
reliability of the newspapers. That is the
reason why it is so difficult to get jurors who
haven't formed opinions.
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There is one thing about Fridays storm
| which must not be overlooked. 1t was a
Manitoban affair. It is not native here nor
to the manner Stormed
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Bless our souls. what Il minglng of the
past and present was there. our countrymen
| JEFF DAVIS quoting DANIEL WEBSTER in
praise of JOHN G. CALHOUN. And yet it is
all historically correct. OF such tender stuff
are our American memories made.
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j. WARREN KEIFER is the name of man
who once upon time, by the grace of SECoR
robson, held the Office of speaker in the ma
tional house of representatives. He had
almost been forgotten until the announce
lnent was made short time ago that he was
! to be the orator at the unwilling of the GAR
| FIELD monument at Washington. The members
of the Army of the Cumberland began to in
| quire who i: was that invited keller to deliver
the address, and everybody in authority denied
| the responsibility. The committee notified
| KEIE! that he wasn't wanted, and KEtF&R
notified the conmitte in return that he was
! going to crate without regard to their wishes
| in the matter. That is the kind of brass
! monkey KE4FER is.
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! The Chicago jobbers are not pleased with
the independence of the st. Paul railroads.
| They want st. Paul and Minneapolis to inii-
tate Kansas City and some other small an !
dependent Western towns i'll submitting 10
whatever Chicago chooses to give. The Twin
| Cities are able to take care of themselves, and
Chicago will toon find it out.
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During his stay in Chicago Mr.. BIZ INE oc-
/ cupied the same parlor in the Pacific hotel
| that ROSCOE CONKLING occupied during the
Republican national convention in 1880.
When Mr. BLAINE goes back to Maine he will
surely carry some inspiration with him.
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i An anti-coercion mass meeting is called to
i he held in Minneapolis ut Harmonic hall next
Thursday night. Ii sometimes occurs that
| there is a little generous rivalry between the
| Twin Cities. In this case if that feeling of
I emulation should provoke Il greater demon
/ stration in Minneapolis than the great meet
ing in st. Paul last week, it will he one in
| stance where the people of both cities will
| rejoice over the success.
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President WINSLOw, Of the St. Louis & San
| Francisco railway, now knows what it is TO
have legal process served on him. 1t is not
| a very digni6ed proceeding for the president
of great railway corporation to be sprawled
out on the floor on the fiat of his back with a
corpulent deputy sheriff perched on top OF
him reading the summons to him. But since
the passage of the interstate commerce bill
there can be no discrimination If a railway
president wont stand still while the law is
taking its course he will have to be held
| down.
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